Short Stories and Political Satire
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The Corsage Sharp Shooter
Category: Fiction Length: 1320 words
Jake's taking Bo's intended to the prom. Bo's not happy, he got a corsage and everything. He comes from a tough criminal family and he's pretty good with a rifle. It makes you wonder what a boy might do...
The Alchemist - Fin Bheara's gift
Category: Fiction Length: 2300 words
Callum is looking for the secret of alchemy, the ability to turn base metal into gold. Like many alchemists he believes in the occult. He reaches out to Fin Bheara, legenderay King of the Faerie, and gets a bit more than he bargained for.
Certainly Sir
Category: Fiction Length: 2300 words
With the arrival of Siri, Alexa, and Google helpers it occurred to me that this technology combined with AI had a dangerous twist. Certainly Sir explores such a twist.
Seven and it's Heaven
Category: Fiction Length: 7500 words
Based on a question that once sprung to mind - would a dead racist think Heaven was Heavenly if it contained people of other ethnicity - this is a light-hearted story of a man who finds the reality of Heaven falls short of his expectations.
Blessed are the meek
Category: Adult Fiction Length: 2300 words
A few months ago I saw a protester in Lagos carrying a placard that said: "When the poor have nothing to eat, the poor shall eat the rich". In these troubled times I fear the slogan may have been prophetic. This is a story about what might happen if an aggrieved man had the power to press ctrl-alt-delete and reboot the world.
The Dump - a study in subtext
Category: Adult Fiction Length: 1200 words
The Dump started out as an exercise in subtext. It is about how it is possible to convey more by saying less and leaving things to the reader's imagination. Need I say more?